As Rand Paul aligns himself with anti-immigrant forces, father Ron Paul comes out in favor of DADT repeal Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party hero Rand Paul says he opposes granting citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants who are...

Officials in California have launched a voter fraud investigation after dozens of people in Orange County said they had been tricked into registering as Republicans by campaigners who said they were petitioning for marijuana decriminalization...

Update: Rush Limbaugh reacts: “If there is a future incident such as Oklahoma City, the blame is squarely Clinton’s.” In remarks made just three days prior to the fifteenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, former...

We’re sorry for all the headlines about the Tea Party. Really. But this one we just couldn’t keep under our coats. A liberal New York congressman jokes that he’s discovered a new use for Twitter: F*cking with the Tea P...

The popular stereotype of the Tea Parties is that they represent the conservative fringe of the Republican Party mixed in with extreme right-wing independents and consist overwhelmingly of angry white men given to violent rhetoric and displays...

The death of a whistle-blower who said the UK government had “sexed up” a dossier on Saddam Hussein’s military capabilities in order to sell the Iraq war has been one of the most intriguing and confusing elements of the...

UPDATE III: The Republican National Committee has fired the staffer behind a nearly $2,000 charge for a night at a Los Angeles “bondage-themed” bar, Politico reports: Ã¢â‚¬Å“This was not an RNC sanctioned event and was not associated...

Suggests civil rights protesters in early days said equally ‘unfortunate and unnecessary’ things Democrats are sometimes accused of being elitists who look down on honest working folk, but former White House senior adviser Karl Rove...

Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks assailed the Tea Party and the extreme nature of today’s Republican Party Tuesday on ComedyCentral’s The Colbert Report. “The Tea Party is where the money is at, baby,”...

Sarah Palin was mercilessly mocked after getting caught reading notes off her hand during a question-and-answer session in February’s Tea Party convention. But two Tea Partiers were apparently impressed, and flashed her a celebratory note...

The Republican Party is pulling the strings behind the tea parties but protesters still have some things in common with Democrats, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “The Republican Party directs a lot of what the tea party does, but...

The largest gay-rights advocacy group in New Jersey has announced it will no longer give money to the Democratic Party. The move follows the state legislature’s failure last month to legalize gay marriage and amid growing signs that the...